adj. Function: adjective
1 accepted or advanced as true or real on the basis of less than conclusive evidence FF1C; the supposed efficiency of the new machine FF1E;
Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetical, putative, reputed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive, suppository; compare ALLEGED
Related Words: assumed, postulated, postulatory, presumed, presupposed; provisional, tentative; academic, speculative, theoretical; alleged
Contrasted Words: sure; known, proved, proven; ascertained, demonstrated, observed, recognized
Antonyms: certain
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Synonyms: ALLEGED , ostensible, pretended, professed, purported, so-called
Antonyms: proved, proven